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Introduction to Musical Theater

Introduction to Musical Theater. Three main forms of art. Music Dance Spoken dialogue. Three components of the musical. Book The dialogue Written by the librettist Music Written by the composer Lyricist. The very beginning…. Opera Recitative and Aria

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Introduction to Musical Theater

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  1. Introduction to Musical Theater

  2. Three main forms of art • Music • Dance • Spoken dialogue

  3. Three components of the musical • Book • The dialogue • Written by the librettist • Music • Written by the composer • Lyricist

  4. The very beginning… • Opera • Recitative and Aria • What is the difference between opera and musical theater?

  5. 18th Century (1700’s) • Opera developed into comic opera. • Original scores • Parody of opera • Ballad operas • Used popular music of the time and incorporated it into a storyline.

  6. 19th Century (1800’s) • Vaudeville • Small vignettes of singing, dancing and acting • Separate unrelated acts • Comedians, singers, acrobats • Burlesques • Rhyming couplet dialogue • Popular music with changed lyrics • Audience would recognize the music.

  7. The Black Crook • Charles M. Barras, playwright • Guiseppi Operti and George Bickwell, music • Premiered in 1866 • Considered the first show to conform to what we consider the modern musical • Song and dance helped to convey the story.

  8. W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan • Gilbert – librettist • Sullivan – composer • VERY famous duo in musical theater • Wrote several comic operas: • H.M.S. Pinafore, The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance

  9. 1920’s • Theater began to have competition with motion picture • Silent movies and movies with sound • Musicals began to pull in big stars of the time to compete with the big screen • Less attention to plot

  10. 1920’s cont. • Show Boat • Solidifies musical genre with all aspects • Lady Be Good!; No, No Nanette; Oh! Kay • George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Richard Rogers, Lorenz Hart, Fred and Adele Astaire

  11. 1930’s • Great Depression and chap “talkies” presented new challenges • Of Thee I Sing! • 1931 • George and Ira Gershwin • Won Pulitzer Prize

  12. 1930’s (cont) • Anything Goes! • Starred Ethel Merman – • first woman of musical theater • Cole Porter • On Your Toes!; Can-Can; The Boys from Syracuse

  13. 1940’s • Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein team up for Oklahoma! • Follows in the steps of Show Boat by integrating all aspects of musical theater. • Hypothetical Love Song – People Will Say We’re In Love

  14. 1940’s (cont) • Carousel • One of the first to incorporate a tragic plot. • Hypothetical Love Song – “If I Loved You” • South Pacific – Rogers and Hammerstein • Annie Get Your Gun • Kiss Me Kate

  15. 1950’s • Rogers and Hammerstein – ended their reign • The King and I, Sound of Music • Leonard Bernsetin • West Side Story

  16. 1960’s • Steven Sondheim • Began to emerge in this decade • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum • Anyone Can Whistle • The Fantasticks; Fiddler on the Roof; Man of La Mancha; Hello, Dolly!; Cabaret; Mame

  17. 1970’s • Rock Musicals • Jesus Christ Superstar; Godspell; Rocky Horror Show • African-American influence • Dream Girls; The Wiz • Sondheim continued • Sunday in the Park with George; Into the Woods; Sweeney Todd; Company

  18. 1980’s and 1990’s • More pop=influenced music • Extravigant sets, casts, effects • Phantom of the Opera; Evita, Miss Saigon; Les Miserables • Beauty and the Beast; Lion King; Little Mermaid • Rent – rock opera based on La Boheme

  19. 2000’s • More extreme approaches • Urinetown; Avenue Q; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee • Literature adaptations • Wicked; Little Women; Dracula • Film Adaptations • The Producers; Hairspray; Legally Blonde; Spamalot, Dream Girls

  20. The End!

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